Experience Summary
I have a diverse background in education. I have taught in private schools, public schools and I test and evaluate students who are home schooled. For the past eleven years I have worked for Pinellas County Schools teaching gifted program students. I have tutored elementary school students for seven years and I have also taught English as a second language to foreign exchange students at Eckerd College.
As a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, I have had opportunities to teach and learn from people in many other nations and cultures. I have danced with troupes that have toured in the United States, as well as in Central America, Europe, Barbados, Israel and the former Soviet Union.
Teaching Style
I am a caring teacher who always tries to encourage and challenge students to aspire to their highest goals. I think it is important to provide different methods of learning to both reassure and challenge individual learning styles. In my years of working with children, I have found that successful learning takes place through exploration, experience, and evaluation and I firmly believe that success brings success.